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5 Reasons More Communication Isn’t Better
This should be the golden age of communication. The digital revolution has given people unprecedented ways to connect with one other. But the very tools that enable constant contact across the globe all too often distort people’s priorities, fragment their attention, impair their ability to listen, ... Read & React
Dispelling the Myth of the Left-Handed Genius
Ask left-handed people about their lot and they’ll probably tell you how special they are. They will list all of the famous and brilliant people who are left-hand dominant including every post-Cold War president (except George W. Bush), Joan of Arc and Michelangelo to name just a few. Up until ... Read & React
Instead of Monitoring Employees, Try Motivating Them
Employee theft costs the economy up to $200 billion a year. In the hopes of putting a stop to stealing, many managers have turned to surveillance systems. According to new evidence from a rigorous study led by strategy professor Lamar Pierce, surveillance can work. After restaurants installed ... Read & React
Is Your Team Up to the Task?
Ask EIG is your chance to seek answers to public sector management challenges and conundrums. Submit your questions here. Collaboration is a never-ending challenge in my office. Many of us prefer to work alone yet we’re constantly encouraged to work together (which doesn’t seem to work). Is it ... Read & React
Are You Smarter Than an American?
The Pew Research Center released its "What the Public Knows" study Thursday, illustrating that pretty much everyone in America recognizes that one photo of Edward Snowden, and nobody knows what's going on with the Dow Jones Index. Pew asked a wide range of respondents 13 "news IQ" questions, to ... Read & React
6 Behaviors That Can Ruin Your Career
Read the news headlines on any given day and you'll see examples of powerful, influential leaders whose risk-taking behavior left destruction in its wake. New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez, New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, and hedge fund manager Steven Cohen are a few recent examples. ... Read & React
Why Fewer Students in College Is Good for the Economy
Across the country, higher education enrollment is plummeting. There were nearly half a million fewer students enrolled in college and graduate school in fall 2012 than there were a year earlier, according to a new Census release. That decline is all the more startling when you consider this: ... Read & React
What Edward Snowden Has Taught Us About Hiring
Almost lost amid the ongoing saga about former federal contractor Edward Snowden is an important story line with broad implications for executive boards and CEOs across all sectors. Last week’s Wall Street Journal provides further evidence that some critical elements of Snowden's hiring process -- ... Read & React
Service To America Medal Finalists: National Security And International Affairs
Each year numerous unsung civil servants respond to global crisis involving defense, military affairs, diplomacy, foreign assistance and trade. On Oct. 3, the Partnership for Public Service will present the prestigious Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for National Security and ... Read & React
How to Rebuild an Attention Span
Let’s start with the twist: A specially-designed video game helped reverse signs of aging in the brains of players in their 60s and 70s. So, even though competing claims on our attention, including from all those devices that bleep and burp and screech, often swamp our ability to focus, evidence ... Read & React
